Director, Category and Assortment

Sysco

8d•Remote

About The Position

The Category and Assortment Director for Sysco Specialty Meat Group (SSMG) sets and manages enterprise-wide category and assortment strategies, driving execution through cross-functional influence and stakeholder engagement. The role establishes and delivers KPIs supporting Sysco and SSMG objectives, optimizes SSMG’s customer-facing assortment, develops tools and execution tactics, and ensures alignment among sales, supply chain, digital, operations, and revenue management. The Director leads large-scale category and assortment strategies and initiatives across diverse stakeholders. The position designs centrally led national and regional assortments and strategies while accounting for local and customer-segment-specific offerings. It also oversees product development, SKU rationalization and standardization, SKU creation, product data and image attribution, and numerous ongoing projects. Sysco Specialty Meat Group is described as a leader in the specialty meat industry, committed to high-quality products and innovative solutions, and to driving transformation and growth through strategic category and assortment management. The position is remote and requires travel as needed.

Requirements

Proven experience developing and executing large-scale category and assortment strategies.
Strong cross-functional leadership and engagement skills.
Demonstrated ability to lead and influence initiatives across a wide range of stakeholders.
Experience with change management and implementation of strategic plans.
Strong analytical skills, including the ability to create and assess performance metrics.
Knowledge of supply chain, digital, operations, and revenue management principles.
High level of business and financial acumen.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage many ongoing projects.
Self-motivated, with the ability to manage initiatives in a challenging, fast-paced environment.
Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience in lieu of a degree.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

10 or more years of leadership experience in category management or merchandising analytics in the retail, specialty, or foodservice industry.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute category and assortment strategic plans and objectives that support SSMG’s overall transformational objectives.
Leverage SSMG’s size and scale to build category assortments that enhance consistency and mitigate unnecessary category uniqueness.
Create consistent, unbiased performance metrics to assess the effectiveness of category strategies.
Design centrally led national and regional category assortments and strategies, complemented by local and customer-segment-specific product offerings.
Implement change-management strategies to support successful execution of assortment strategies across organizational levels.
Collaborate with USBL partners on assortment stocking optimization using data and insights, supported by growth and go-to-market strategies.
Assess and address evolving process and technology needs for effective assortment management at national, regional, and local levels.
Manage product development, SKU rationalization and standardization, SKU creation, and data and image attribution.
Provide ongoing leadership oversight of numerous projects and initiatives.
Establish and deliver KPIs that support Sysco and SSMG objectives and ensure alignment of assortment management objectives with sales, supply chain, digital, operations, and revenue management.